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SlLENE FlMBRIATA. FriNGED-FlOWERED 



Campion. 



CAj/i £//</ Order, 

 Decandria Trigynia. 



Generic Character. 



Cad. l-pbyllus, ventricofus. Pctala 5, unguiculala. Catf. 

 fupera, femitrilocularis, apice dehifcens, polyfperma. Smith. 



Specific Characlcr and Synonyms. 



SILENE fimhiata / floribus dichotome paniculatis, petalis 

 femibifidis incifo-fimbriatis, corona bipartita, caly- 

 cibus inflatis venofis pubefcentibus. 



CUCUBALUS multtfidus. Adams in Herb. Bank/. 



LYCHNIS Behen alba fimilis, major pcrfoliata. Buxb. Cent. 

 3.^.31./. 57 . ? 



Desc. Stalks ereft, two feet high, hairy, round. Leaves 

 broad, heart-fhaped, quite entire, rugofe underneath, hifpid 

 on both fides : margin undulated, upper ones feffile, lower 

 petiolated. Petioles winged, connate. Infiorefcenee a dicho- 

 tomous panicle. Calyx inflated, covered with a foh pubef- 

 cence. Corolla five-petaled : claws of the petals very narrow 

 and diftant, expanding into wings at the upper part ; limb 

 divided half-way : lobes finely cut. Crown a bipartite procefs 

 arifing from the middle of the limb, not its bafe. Stamens ten ; 

 filaments the length of the petals, inferted into the elevated 

 receptacle below the ovary ; anthers ovate greenifh. Ovary 

 nearly globular, fomewhat flattened, half three-celled ; (Hies 

 three ; ftigmas acute. Capftde one-celled, the dilfcpiments 

 which extended from the circumference half-way to the recep- 

 tacle in the ovary now difappearing. Receptacle of the feeds 

 conical, central, unconnected. Seeds reniform rugofe. 



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